TxDOT report shows how bad traffic is in most of the state

Drivers in Amarillo, Lubbock and other West Texas cities, except El Paso, should count their blessings.

A report the Texas Department of Transportation released Friday shows that except for Interstate 10 and two farm-to-market (or FM for short) roads in El Paso, none of the 100 most congested roadways in the state are in West Texas.

Those congested roads result in more than 137 million of hours a year stuck in traffic and a loss of nearly $3 billion in fuel and productivity, according to the report titled “100 Most Congested Roadways.”

The unenviable honor of having the most congested road goes to Fort Worth.

A section of I-35W caused motorists to spend more than 2 million more hours traveling on a section of the road that is only 3.7 miles long, according to the report.

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is about to be the stop light at northbound 60 and north and southbound 87 under the tracks at the north edge of Canyon. The construction which is starting is going to be a huge disaster until the trucks and commuters find a better way from Hereford to Amarillo.